Motor Vehicles

GISD Transportation Services

Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) operates a fleet of transportation vehicles that are used to transport constituent district and GISD center-based students. Various other vehicles are also used for student transportation and maintenance. Key highlights of GISD's Transportation Services program include the consortium arrangements that help increase efficiency and maximize resources for local districts.

Specialized Transportation Consortium

All 21 constituent districts fully participate in the Specialized Transportation Consortium and have experienced cost savings. The participating districts benefit from the economy of scale achieved through a consortium. Since 1997, the districts have saved nearly $97 million dollars. The bus fleet travels 2 million miles annually, and GISD has purchased 194 buses since the onset of the program at a total of $12.3 million without costs to the local districts.

The Special Education Parent Advisory Committee conducts an annual Specialized Transportation Consortium satisfaction survey of the parents of GISD’s special needs students. Ninety-five percent (95%) of the parents have consistently given GISD's Transportation Services department grades of A and B.

Genesee Career Institute Transportation Consortium

The Genesee Career Institute Transportation Consortium has a total of 20 participating districts. The Genesee County Superintendents Association commissioned several committees to work on cost-saving measures for the local districts. That effort led to the implementation of the consortium at the direction of the association. This partnership consortium is managed jointly between the participating districts and GISD.

Since it began, the consortium has saved local districts over $18 million. GISD has purchased 28 buses since the onset of the program at a total of nearly $2 million without cost to the local districts. The bus fleet covers 400,000 miles annually.